Her grief was so big and wild it terrified her, like an evil beast that had erupted from under the floorboards.

And this is Nymphadora-" "Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus," said the young witch with a shudder. "It's Tonks." "-Nymphadora Tonks, who prefers to be known by her surname only," finished Lupin. "So would you if your fool of a mother had called you 'Nymphadora,' " muttered Tonks.

Who's Kreacher?" "The house-elf who lives here," said Ron. "Nutter. Never met one like him." "He is not a nutter," said Hermione. "His life's ambition is to have his head cut off and stuck up on a plaque like his mother", said Ron. "Is that normal, Hermione?

He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting up in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: 'To Harry Potter - the boy who lived!

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

Finding out what you’re good at, and doing it to the best of your ability, is the route to self-respect.

She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring.